Adjustable sectional railroad-crossing.



J. W. BREES L 0. L. HU'PP. ADJUSTABLE SBGTIONAL RMLROAD CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1,914.

Patented July 7, 1914.

streets, roadsiand sidewalks atiplaeesavliero able -sections wherebyl any. one: or..more of for the substitution of a new section Without i extending transversely of the railroad track.y

1 of Fig. l.; Fig, 3 is :1 cross section oiione of JAMES 'W'. BREESANDOSCAE L. HU'JPPQOF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FAJDJU'SMBLE SECPIONAL 'RAIIEROALDCEELDSSINGR il ,'ll 'll2,235. Specllcation of Letters .Patent Patented July '7, i914..

. Panamanian apra aaien., semina. 333,023.

To all "whom it may con/earn lie it .Leon/1n thatiweydlmane "N, Baars ancL Osma L. liner, (citizens ointlie .United States, residing? atlndianapol is, in the county of Marion and-.State of lzndiana, havey invented certain new wand useful, linp'rove-` ments in Adjustable Sectionall. Railroad-l Croseings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide i en'iootlr-and durable Wearing,surfaces for they intersect. railivaye` for steam. and.` elec= :tric cars. 1 A further objeet is to provide auch leroseings in aI plurality of .independenttyf.remow i said sections may be removedffor repairs or disturbing the other sections. 1

r Wie accomplish'hthe. above and othery ol` jects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whicli- Figure l is a topuplan .view of a railroa( crossing embodying .our inwention, .and shows ythe use of a double Arow.i of sections l? 2 'is a vertical cross section onlibe line 2 2 the sections showing the manner in whielithe transe/cree partitionsI are seoured, and Fig. 4 is allilre erosseeetion near. the inner end of our removable road section. Eiga iand 4 are on a larger scale than the other figures ofthe drawing. Ylflre characters of reference indicate like parts. throughout. the several viewsfof tlic. drawing. i The railroad rails 5, and the cross-ties 6 are of the usual size, shape and material, and as is customary, the ties are set approximately eighteen inches apart on centers. The drawing shown in Fig. 1 represents a wagon road crossing for country roads, but the device .is equally applicable to crossings for city streets, sidewalks, and the like.

Instead of the heavy wooden planks ordinarily used at the crossings under discussion, which warp out of shape and become loose and deteriorate rapidly by decay, we substitute a plu 'ality of our improved crossing sections, the number of iiiliich will depend upon the Width or" the roadway crossing the railroad track, and also upon the size of the sections themselves which may be varied v.partitionsmout of iron instead of st ee -in .dimensions to suit the conditions and requirements. i .0ur improved-.crossing section comprises a metal box, preferably. hardened steel, havingl .aides .ends.8|and.bottom 9 4which are preiu 60 .erably'antegral portions of theibox. It also .comprises aphualityf of transrerse walls or partitioned@ preferably formed outof cast `iron, rendered. irnalleable.byannealimgf,L and having. integral end-'rivets llawhich are iin-65 Seated in Suitable openmga inthe sldee 71 of the box, and their endsseonred by being` expanded irl-countersinkeqby hammeuing, as shown in {leso-a not tovform any projeetions be35mnd.,the-eides y7 which mi glit im. '10 teurere with. the closememblyf of the sections in forming la crossing. The malleable .'partitionaarebent to permit assembly in the. .box and are straightened .therein causing their integral rivets` to enter the openings inn'li lthe sides-ot thenbom lio11iied\;.tlie1-e\to re eeiveqthem.; The section sthne divided into smaller compartments or. panels by means of the parti-tions,10,l and! these panelaare `iilled.

with .any suitable road. rmiterial...V We haveatl yhere shownuthem to. be filled withlpaving bricks .12, andl the depth of thebox is, such as to causelthe upper edges ofthe bricks, laid .in-edgewsen to be eveniwith the [topa of the the, like the sides of the box, is teeause.thexpartitiona and bricks to Wear down uniformlyyandmleo lnntitions l l0. i The. purpose: in. .makinig` l faster vthanvthe (Sides andiendsf of thehar- -dened steel box, thereby,` causing the ilattemau to project sinliciently above the partitions ,and bricks toail'ord ,asenrefnoting-r. for -tlie .feet of draft animals against said'projecting hardened steel members. The smaller compartments may be filled with wooden blocks, asphalt, or any other usual and Snitable roadv surfacing material instead of bricks, if desired. Suitable holes will be formed through the bottom 9 of the crossingr sections for the passage ot long spikes 13, the lower ends of which are driven securelyl down into the cross-ties G. Notehes are formed in the sides 7 ol the sections to receive the s ike heads and to permit them to be driven own below the top edges of said -sides 7 With the heads restingI in said notches on the sides in a mannerns shown in Fig. 4.-, to fasten the sections securely to the ties. 'lhe partitions 10- will preferably be placed so as to come directly over the ties, and the length oit the sections will be such as to Cause ltheir ends to 'tern'iinate directly above the ties in like manner; und the spike holes will be so located as to cause the spil/zes driven through 'them to enter a corresponding one oit the underlying; wooden ties (4S. The outer ends olf the outer sections are provided with langes lll, resting upon the ties, which are secured to the ties by spikes in the 'usual manner in which 'the rails 5 are spiked.

lllliile we have only shown 'two rows of seetirms.I it is obvious that only one row r more than tiro rows be used, as eireuinstaneos' may require, and for the ends ot lha inner sections and for the inner ends 0:5 #be outer sections the flanges le will be binited in order to oerniit 'the adjacent ends ai' the cnotions to be brought into flose eon tart i h each other, in Such. :ases the inni-r ends oit the seetions will be secured by a pair olf spikes, one at each Corner of the section, as shown.

` l l5 will be introduced between ,lie crossing sections between s, and th@ inner sides of the cross-- Baglio-as loeated along; the outside of gil-ack will be thickened to contact with web of the rail and to lill in the space or the head of the rail, as shown at 16 :1. l'iliile we have described our invention witli more or less minuteness as regards details of construction and arrangement and as l'ieingj embodied in Certain precise forms, we. do not desire to be limited thereto un duly or any more than is pointed out in the elainis. Un the Contrary, We contemplate all proper Changes in form, construction, and arrangement, the omission of immaterial elements, and the substitution of equivalents, as @reuuvstanees may suggest or necesietlient,

crossing; for railways9 a 'plurality rately removable boxes each having metal sides and ends, partitions of softer material dividing; the box into compartnents, and paving material filling all of said eompartnients.

9a The combination with the rails and eross-ties of a railway, of a plu'ality of separately removable metal boxes, a filling oi" paving material. within each of said boxes, and removable means for securing each boi; to said Cross-ties.

3, 'l-he combination with the rails and cross-ties of a railway, of an elongated metal box, partitions dividingthe box into smaller ,compartments paving material Within and filling` each of said compartments, and means ttor removably securing the loo-X to the erossties.

et, 'lhe ffombination with the rails and cross-ties of a railway, of a plurality oi' elongatwl metal boxesaescinbled together t@ torni a roadway across the railway, pan titions dividing each box into a plurality of smaller compartments, paving material within and filling each compartment, and spikes on the inside of said boxes passing' through the bottoms of the boxes into the cross-ties, said spikes having; heads overlapping the Walls of the boxes.

5. The combination with the rails and ei'oss-ties of a railway, ol a box havingn hardened steel side Walls, softernietal partitions dividing the box into a plurality of smaller compartments, a filling ol paving material within each ot said compartments, and removable means for securing the box to said Cross-tiesn ln witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 13th day of April, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

Jai/ins W. nenes. 1jr. s] @sean L. nerr. 1L. si

l itnesses:

F. l/V. W'oERNnn, l. L. Lanson. 

